Ceratosoma

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Ceratosoma
Ceratosoma brevicaudatum 3.jpg
Ceratosoma brevicaudatum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Ceratosoma
J. E. Gray in M. E. Gray, 1850[1]
Type species
Polycera cornigera[2]
Adams & Reeve in Adams, 1848[3]

Ceratosoma is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[4][5]

Taxonomic notes[]

This nudibranch genus is not to be confused with the muricid gastropod genus Ceratostoma. The type species is Ceratosoma cornigerum, accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)

Species[]

Species in the genus Ceratosoma include:[4]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ceratosoma adelaidae Basedow & Hedley, 1905 accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma alleni Gosliner, 1996 : synonym of Miamira alleni (Gosliner, 1996)
  • Ceratosoma amoena [sic] accepted as Ceratosoma amoenum (Cheeseman, 1886)
  • Ceratosoma berghi Rochebrune, 1895 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Ceratosoma bicorne Bergh, 1905 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma caledonicum Fischer, 1876 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Ceratosoma corallinum Odhner, 1917 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Ceratosoma cornigerum (Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Ceratosoma flavicostatum Baba, 1940 : synonym of Miamira flavicostata Baba, 1940
  • Ceratosoma francoisi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma gibbosum Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Ceratosoma jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma lixi Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma trilobatum (J.E. Gray, 1827)
  • Ceratosoma magnifica [sic] accepted as Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1904
  • Ceratosoma magnificum (Eliot, 1910) : synonym of Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1904
  • Ceratosoma miamiranum Bergh, 1875 : synonym of Miamira miamirana (Bergh, 1875)
  • Ceratosoma moloch Rudman, 1988 [1]: synonym of Miamira moloch (Rudman, 1988)
  • Ceratosoma oblongum Abraham, 1876 accepted as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma ornatum Bergh, 1890 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma rhopalicum Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Ceratosoma tenue Abraham, 1876
  • Ceratosoma sinuatum van Hasselt, 1824: synonym of Miamira sinuata (van Hasselt, 1824)


References[]

  1. ^ Gray, J. E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp.
  2. ^ Rudman W.B. (1988). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Ceratosoma J.E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (1): 133-185
  3. ^ Adams, A.; Reeve L. (1848-50). The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve, Benham & Reeve: London. Parts I-III., page(s): 67-68
  4. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratosoma A. Adams & Reeve, 1850. Accessed on 2018-12-01
  5. ^ Rudman W.B. (1984) The date and authorship of Bornella and Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia) and other molluscs collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, 1843-46. Malacological Review 17: 103-104, page(s): 170
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